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EIPICO Looks Abroad

June 2008 | Company News Alert
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Egypt's unfavourable regulatory environment is forcing the Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (EIPICO) to look abroad for growth, according to company chairman Ahmed Borhan El-Din Ismail. EIPICO is one of Egypt's largest drugmakers, with an 8% share of the country's US$1.75bn pharmaceutical market, so BMI expects the threat to move some production overseas to be taken seriously by a government that puts a strong emphasis on local